September 25 starters

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Anybody else planning to start in September?

I’ve been procrastinating for months but decided to go for it despite the price increases. Waiting for my delivery from Medexpress and planning on 1st Sept start.

Coffee (I have a Nespresso but a cafetière works just as well) plus Greek yoghurt or kefir cures my constipation.

That is so frustrating! I think you are probably right, if your waist is reducing, something is happening!

@Ihateslugs I feel your pain with constipation, it’s the only side effect I’ve had since starting. Magnesium definitely helps as mentioned. I also am having good success taking two sennokot every other night.

The disadvantage of me being lucky and having few side effects is 2.5mg has worn off quickly. Since W2 D4 I’ve been hungry and cravings have crept in. I’ve been good and managed to resist as I still think it’s working to some extent. I normally jab on a Tuesday night but am tempted to jab a day early tonight. I also am wondering if I jabbed too close to my belly button, I made sure to be 2 fingers away but still getting paranoid about it. I may go for my lower belly for jab 3 so I’m a good distance away.

Can I ask whether people are using the golden dose? I've just taken my 4th dose and debating if I should be saving the pen and ordering some syringes, or just moving on to my 5 next week?

Constipation is not my friend at the moment either. Feel like I need to buy a stool for the bathroom to help 😂🫠
In other news, I had some beans tonight with my bagel and I can't get over how sugary they tasted, they were awful! Not sure if its because i've not eaten anything properly sugary for a while but i dont remember them tasting like that before! 🤮

I did! It was even easier than the pen, tbh!

Also still struggling with the ongoing constipation, though I've had Covid recently and that cleared me out - I lost 1lb overnight 😂Which made it a 3lb loss for last week.

SW: 19st 1
GW1: 13st
CW: 17st 10

I've found 3mg very effective so far this week: I could barely eat at all yesterday. I will see how the week goes, if it isn't holding through, I will do 3.5mg for my next dose I think.

Still swimming regularly - 2km over last week and hoping for 1.5km this week. I can only go two days because of work open evening!

Loads of people swear by prunes or prune juice. Not really my thing, but it does work. Magnesium is my go to and it helps with sleep too.

Anyone else get instantly bloated as soon as they have something to eat? No matter what it is I’m so bloated and uncomfortable x

I did for the first 10 days. Everything sat funny in my tummy. It has passed now but I’m sure it’ll be back when I up the dose!

Wow!! What a difference already. Well done!

I am having the same debate. 2.5mg is working for me but with a tiny bit of willpower involved. But then again, I hope to come off these meds at the end of my weight loss, so willpower is ok to build! I might take it week by week and decide if it's working for me still.

I've just done jab 4 and it's pretty shocking how much is left, isn't it??

@Stompythedinosaur @SoUncertain

Yes, loads left after the fourth jab, but I found it really easy to use the 1mil insulin syringe to extract the golden dose. Easier than faffing with the clicks, to be honest! Seems a shame to waste any.

@Stompythedinosaur @SoUncertain yes I was imagining there would be a few drops but that looked like practically half a pen! I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to order syringes too, just followed a link someone had posted on another board, ordered yesterday and they’re arriving today.

@Chopsy123 glad to hear it’s straightforward!

Yes... kind of motivating when you don't have big losses.

The app is called MeThreeSixty... the measurements aren't 100% accurate, but at least it you get to see the changes in your body.

Plus, it helps... if you’re like me and can't take a selfie photo to save your life...! 😂

@maz99 I'm terrible at measuring myself. I never seem to hit the same place twice somehow. I took a photo of myself in week 1 and I think I'll take them every month just to see the difference. My family have said they can see a difference already but not sure if they're just being nice! 😅

Ooh that reminds me I need to take new photos tomorrow. And try on the trousers again!

Well done everyone. It's at this point of losing weight I start to wane and get bored, but hopefully the WLI will take the edge of that.

Oh god, so true!! It’s so depressing to think
back over all those diets that petered out after a month or two only for me to gain the weight right back (and all the money and effort expended in the process!!).

I really hope WLI make a difference to my staying power. I find the fact there are still active threads for people who started months ago going on the board encouraging, anyway!!

Jab 3 for me and DH today. I’ve lost another kg bringing my 2 week total to 4kg. DH has dropped a total of 6.5kg (over a stone). Staying on 2.5mg for now.

I'm on day 13 and really glad that the feeling of a lump in the throat has disappeared toward the end of this second week. It was becoming unbearable, I was contemplating giving up.

Just done jab 3, still had a bit of a panic attack after injecting. It’s such an involuntary response and I really hope it stops with time.

I think I overprimed the pen today by twisting it too far as liquid shot out the top rather that a couple of drops. Does anyone know how that works with doses, for example will my dose have been smaller from priming too much liquid out? Probably a silly question I know 😆

@Kazzaa46 it's not a stupid question, but you don't have to worry. There is plenty of additional medication in the pen that's there for priming. You will still have got your full dose.

@Chopsy123 @SoUncertain thanks for the info, I've ordered some syringes from Amazon so will have a go at extracting the golden dose next Monday! Will report back!

Feeling very happy today as the scales showed a big jump down. Last week they had gone up and then back down, so didn't really see much loss, but I think it was due to constipation. I've been working on sorting that this week, and it's finally worked! I'm down about a stone since 7th September when I started. Yay!

I'm also finding I have much better endurance when swimming. I usually have to have a breather after a couple of lengths because I am pretty rubbish at regulating my breathing in front crawl, but last night I was able to keep going for 40 mins, only stopping to turn round. 💪

@Stompythedinosaur thank you for putting my mind at rest 🥰

@SoUncertain congratulations, that’s great to hear.

I did my second weigh in today and it’s a 1.5 lb loss.
Week 1: 5.5lb
Week 2: 1.5lb
Total loss: 7lb

I’ve just ordered my second pen and have gone for 5mg. I may use it for a 3.75 dose. Does anyone know if the pen will allow me to administer 5 x doses of 3.75 or will it jam up after 4 doses regardless?